Algorithmic Trading Industry News
- Automated Trader Update: The bounties of Brazil
May 24th, 2013 - Q2 of Automated Trader looks at Brazil, Algopedia column debuts, Eurex releases HFT study, Citigroup suggests FX access route, Wall street tweet comment, NYSE Technologies extends to Equinix IBX in HK & Tokyo, RTS to open in Dubai, GreySpark study suggests niche approach, RSJ selects Kx's kdb+, ITG adds Singapore to POSIT, Millennium ATS and CQG Labs upgraded. BCS, Millennium IT, Nomura, and Orc announce hires.
Funds Industry comes out in force in support of charityMay 24th, 2013 - Calastone hosts 'Funds Industry Charity Shield' for third year running, 31 companies compete for trophy. Sense and Children in Crisis chosen as recipients.
ParFX says 'randomisation' design working exactly as plannedMay 24th, 2013 - Analysis of first month's trading data shared with the 11 founder banks is 'proof of concept' for Tradition's ParFX
- BGC launches Houston presence with new hires
May 23rd, 2013 - BGC Partners expands with hire of eleven former Landmark Power Exchange brokers
Bloomberg debuts chat-based FX trading toolMay 23rd, 2013 - IB Dealing enables FX trade negotiation, execution and STP for all Bloomberg subscribers
OptionsCity expands management teamMay 23rd, 2013 - Timo Pentner joins OptionsCity as executive vice president of services
- Orc names regional president of Orc Americas
May 23rd, 2013 - Orc appoints Jeremie Bacon to lead Americas operations
- CQG Labs web-based testing site re-launched
May 23rd, 2013 - CQG Labs re-launched with multiple new prototypes
Calypso opens Beijing officeMay 23rd, 2013 - Software provider expands Asia Pacific footprint as client base increases
- Nomura makes senior hires in Global Markets Americas Sales
May 23rd, 2013 - Tom Haskins appointed as an MD and head of FX Sales Americas, and Eric Miller as an MD and head of Interest Rates Sales Americas
- RSJ chooses Kx to support algo trading
May 22nd, 2013 - Czech derivatives trading group RSJ chose Kx for its algo trading.
- ConvergEx Group upgrades Millennium ATS
May 22nd, 2013 - Millennium ATS upgrade claims to reduce trade latency by an additional 75%
Redline Trading extends trading solution with support for ICEMay 22nd, 2013 - Redline Trading extends low latency futures trading solution with support for the Intercontinental Exchange
- Saxo Bank launches Saxo TV
May 22nd, 2013 - New service from Saxo provides on-demand business and financial analysis, led by former Bloomberg TV anchor
Millennium Information Technologies appoints new CEOMay 22nd, 2013 - Mack Gill, ex-SunGard SVP, appointed as new CEO, current CEO Tony Weeresinghe appointed MillenniumIT non-executive chairman
RTS plans Dubai data centreMay 22nd, 2013 - New RTS hub to offer low latency access to the Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange
- Fixed income fragmentation requires niche approach, study finds
May 22nd, 2013 - In a fragmented fixed income world, niche is the word, a study finds.
- euNetworks delivers infrastructure to Norisco in support of 7digital
May 22nd, 2013 - euNetworks' dark fibre bundled with Norisco's IT solutions for service in London
ITG launches POSIT for SingaporeMay 22nd, 2013 - ITG adds Singapore to Asia Pacific POSIT crossing network coverage, now provides block liquidity to 29 Markets
S&P Capital IQ RealTime Solutions connects to HKExMay 22nd, 2013 - S&P Capital IQ's real time solutions extends QuantLINK low latency and co-location hosting services into HKEx Datacentre
- MarketDelta licenses Trading Technologies' patent portfolio
May 21st, 2013 - MarketDelta to license TT's entire patent portfolio, includes 400+ patents for electronic trading in financial markets
- Automated Trader Update: The battle of Basildon
May 21st, 2013 - AT Q2 takes a closer look at Quantopian, liquidity seeking algos article and more coming soon, NYSE Technologies & Eunetworks announce Basildon-Frankfurt pathways, SGX in talks with PSE, HKMEx surrenders ATS license, FPL updates FIX post trade guidelines, Aquis partners with FixSpec, Integral launches INFX SEF, TOM moves to London, Misys Sophis VALUE v5 released, new CEO & president for SIFMA, Bloomberg appoints data privacy adviser.
- As EMIR reporting deadlines loom, a UK regulator has some stern words
May 21st, 2013 - A British regulator warned market participants to get their act together ahead of EMIR deadlines. Eva Szalay reports from a TradeTech conference.
- SunGard introduces new consolidated Protegent Compliance Platform
May 21st, 2013 - New consolidated technology platform helps financial firms streamline regulatory compliance management
NYSE Technologies extends into Equinix IBX in Hong Kong & TokyoMay 21st, 2013 - NYSE Technologies now offers direct access to SFTI Access centres inside eight Equinix data centres
Stefan Hoppe joins b-next to expand international salesMay 21st, 2013 - b-next appoints Stefan Hoppe to develop international partnership program
- BCS expands international sales and research teams
May 21st, 2013 - BCS Financial Group appoints Dipak Rajani and Timur Salikov to its sales and research teams
Azul Systems partners with Rapid AdditionMay 21st, 2013 - Azul Systems teams-up with Rapid Addition to deliver low latency, jitter-free trading engines
SIFMA names new CEO, appoints presidentMay 20th, 2013 - SIFMA announces former senator Judd A. Gregg as new CEO, appoints Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. as president
CFN Services launches Alpha Platform Direct ConnectMay 20th, 2013 - U.S. financial venues mark initial deployments for CFN's managed, high performance direct market access and raw market data platform
